Two days after complaining about the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen caused by the closure of the Sanaa Airport, the United Nations has issued a statement rejecting an offer to directly solve this concern by turning the airport to UN control.

The Saudi naval blockade of Yemen has greatly limited access to humanitarian aid, particularly in the country’s north. The Sanaa Airport would be a good alternative route, but a lack of fuel has meant the airport can’t support aid flights, as cargo planes couldn’t refuel to leave.

UN officials maintain that it is the responsibility of the combatants to ensure humanitarian aid can flow, and that makes keeping the airport open their problem. As a plain fact, however, they aren’t keeping the airport open, and the UN is unwilling to do anything to see to it the airport stays open.

Author: Jason Ditz

Can’t the US just strike a blow for freedom and sink all the blockading ships? Would be nice.

MvGuy

Fat chance.. The Saudis have our elected officials bribed & blackmailed. There is ZERO chance of the U.N. doing anything that seriously displeases the Saudis….!!!!!! Zero chance……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MvGuy

Time to cut off all & any money to the U.N. Time for them to join the league of Nations on the scrap pile of history… Time to fire all their staff and evict them from the building they occupy… They have becum a rubber stamp for every excess and genocide that has occurred since their inception… They are sold out to the big bucks…. Time for them to go…!!!!!!!!!!!